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            <h1 class="title">Supreme Court of the United States</h2>
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                The highest judicial body in the United States, the Supreme Court is the only federal court established by the Constitution, and primarily hears appeals on matters of federal law. It exercises judicial review over all federal statutes, rules, regulations, and executive  actions to ensure that they meet the requirements of the Constitution.

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               The &quot;slip&quot; opinion is the second version of an opinion. It is sent to the printer  later in the day on which the &quot;bench&quot; opinion is released by the Court. Each slip  opinion has the same elements as the bench opinion&mdash;majority or plurality opinion,  concurrences or dissents, and a prefatory syllabus&mdash;but may contain corrections not  appearing in the bench opinion.<span class="footnote">Document description from <a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08slipopinion.html">Supreme Court website</a>. </span>

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